US growth, Japan stimulus lift Sensex, Nifty to new peaks

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Mumbai, Oct 31, 2014, (PTI),

Oct 31 2014, 16:58pm ist

updated: Oct 31 2014, 17:42pm ist

Indian markets today ended the week with a bang with Sensex zooming 519.50 points and Nifty soaring 153 points to new highs for the second straight day in line with a strong global rally after Japan unexpectedly increased its monetary stimulus and US grew at a robust pace.

Hopes of more reform measures from Modi government, expectations of better growth in the second half of the fiscal and heavy buying by foreign funds, also had a positive impact.

Investor wealth soared nearly Rs 1.5 lakh crore in a single session today as six stocks out of every ten traded ended in the green. Barring consumer durables, all 11 other sectoral indices finished with gains between 0.45 per cent and 2.66 per cent. Capital goods, oil&gas, IT, power, banking, pharma, auto and realty segments lead the winners.

The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex resumed strong and continued to move upwards to settle at its new historic high of 27,865.83, showing a rise of 519.50 or 1.90 per cent. During the week, it shot up by 1,014.78 points or 3.78 per cent and 1,866.49 points or 7.18 per cent in last nine out of ten days.

The 50-issue CNX Nifty of NSE also flared up by 153 points, or 1.87 per cent, to end at new peak of 8,322.20.

The Sensex and Nifty also logged new intra-day highs of 27,894.32 and 8,330.75 today. This was after they hit previous highs of 27,390.60 and 27,390.60 on Thursday.

Sentiment was also boosted after the US released forecast-beating economic growth data on Thursday. The world's biggest economy grew 3.5 per cent in the September quarter.

In overseas markets, Asian stocks rose between 0.28 per cent and 4.83 per cent. The Japanese central bank expanded the size of its government bond purchases to the equivalent of about 80 trillion yen a year, an increase of 30 trillion yen.European stocks were also trading higher in their early trade as key indices in France, Germany and UK rose by 1.07 pct to 1.84 per cent.

"Stupendous beginning to the Indian markets for the November series this time the surprise is from Bank Of Japan which has decided to continue its asset buying program to boost the economy. Indian Markets have closed above resistance levels," said Rajshekar Gowda, Senior Analyst, HBJ Capital.

Experts advised investors to be cautious and avoid risky bets."We believe this upward bias is here to stay and will strengthen further due to broad-base participation in the coming sessions. However, selecting a stock is the key especially when the markets are trading at life time high level so keep extra caution," said Jayant Manglik, President-retail distribution, Religare Securities.

Among the S&P BSE sectoral indices, Capital Goods rose by 2.66 per cent, followed by Oil&Gas 2.19 per cent, IT 1.96 per cent, Power 1.94 per cent, Metal 1.91 per cent, Bankex 1.76 per cent and Healthcare 1.69 per cent. Realty 1.49 per cent and Auto 1.44 per cent notched up msart gains as well.

However, Consumer Durables index dropped 3.18 per cent.Total market breadth continued to remain firm as 1,788 stocks ended with gains while 1,207 settled with losses.

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